Asus GigaX2024B- Manuals

1 GigaX2024B L2 Managed Switch User Manual 1 Introduction Congratulations on becoming the owner of the ASUS GigaX2024B Layer 2 managed switch! You may now manage your LAN (local area network) through a friendly and powerful user interface.This user manual tells how to set up the GigaX2024B switch, a...

2 GigaX2024B L2 Managed Switch User Manual • Enterprise MIB for PSU, fan, and system temperature, voltage• Telnet/SSH remote login• TFTP for firmware update and configuration backup• Cisco Like CLI• Web GUI• LEDs for port link status• LEDs system, redundant power supply (RPS), and fan status 1.2 Conve...

3 GigaX2024B L2 Managed Switch User Manual 2 Getting to know the GigaX2024B 2.1 Package contents The GigaX2024B switch package comes with the following items: • GigaX 2024B L2 managed switch• AC power cord• Null modem cable for console interface (DB9)• Rack installation kit (two brackets with six #6...

5 GigaX2024B L2 Managed Switch User Manual 2.3 Rear panel The switch rear panel contains the fan modules, a power connector and one RPS port. Figure 3. Rear panel Table 2. Rear panel labels No. Item Description 1 Power Connector Connects to the supplied power cord 2 FAN1-FAN2 Replaceable system fans...

6 GigaX2024B L2 Managed Switch User Manual 3 Quick start guide This section provides the basic instructions to set up the switch environment. Refer also to the GigaX2024B Installation Guide. Part 1 shows how to install the GigaX2024B on a flat surface or on a rack.Part 2 provides instructions to set ...

7 GigaX2024B L2 Managed Switch User Manual 3.2.2 Connect to the computers or a LAN You can use Ethernet cable to connect computers, hubs and other switches to the switch ports. Either crossover or straight-through Ethernet cable can apply for connecting these devices. Use a twisted-pair Category 5 E...

8 GigaX2024B L2 Managed Switch User Manual Table 4. LED Indicators No. LED Description 1 System Solid green indicates that the switch is turned on. If this light is off, check if the power adapter if attached to the switch and plugged into a power source. 2 Switch ports [1] to [26] Solid green indic...

10 GigaX2024B L2 Managed Switch User Manual Figure 5. Console setup 3.3.2 Setting up through the Web interface To connect your PC to the switch, your PC must have a valid IP in your network. Contact your network administrator to obtain a valid IP for the switch. If you wish to change the default IP ...

12 GigaX2024B L2 Managed Switch User Manual 4 Management with the Web Interface The switch provides Web pages that allow switch management through the Internet. The program is designed to work best with Microsoft Internet Explorer ® 6.0, or later versions with Java ® enabled. 4.1 Log into Web user i...

13 GigaX2024B L2 Managed Switch User Manual Figure 9. Home page 4.2 Functional layout The web-based configuration page consists of three separate frames. The top frame has a switch logo and front panel as shown in Figures 13 and 14. This frame remains on the top of the browser window all the times an...

14 GigaX2024B L2 Managed Switch User Manual The menu items, as shown in Figure 12, contains all the features available for switch configuration. These features are grouped into categories, e.g. System, Bridge. You can click on any of these to display a specific configuration page. Figure 12. Menu items...

16 GigaX2024B L2 Managed Switch User Manual Warning Warning Figure 14. IP Setup 4.3.3 Reboot The Reboot page contains a Reboot button. Clicking the button to reboot the system. Rebooting the system stops the network traffic and terminates the Web interface connection. 4.3.5 Firmware upgrade The Firm...

17 GigaX2024B L2 Managed Switch User Manual 4.4 Physical interface The Physical Interface shows the realtime Ethernet port status. You can configure the port in following fields: Port: selects the port to configure Admin: enables/disables the port Mode: set sthe speed and duplex mode Flow Control: enab...

18 GigaX2024B L2 Managed Switch User Manual Figure 17. Physical interface - runtime status

21 GigaX2024B L2 Managed Switch User Manual 4.5.1.3 Bridge parameters The spanning-tree parameters of BPDU transmission can be configured on this panel: Hello Time: the interval between the generation of configuration BPDU Max Age: a timeout value to be used by all Bridges in the LAN Forward Delay: a ...

24 GigaX2024B L2 Managed Switch User Manual Note All the ports in the link aggregation group MUST operate in full duplex mode at the same speed.All the ports in the link aggregation group MUST be configured in auto-negotiation mode or full duplex mode. This configuration will make the full duplex link...

25 GigaX2024B L2 Managed Switch User Manual 4.5.3 LACP The page configures the LACP group (port trunking). The switch provides maximum 32 link aggregation groups and up to 8 ports per group. This maximum can be achieved on stacking configuration. For standalone GX3112 or GX3112F, the maximum group is...

34 GigaX2024B L2 Managed Switch User Manual Figure 34. 802.1p Priority 4.5.12.2 CoS queue mapping The switch supports four egress queues for each port with a strict priority scheduler. That is, each CoS value can map into one of the four queues. For strict priority, the queue four has the highest pr...

36 GigaX2024B L2 Managed Switch User Manual Figure 37. Community table 4.6 SNMP This group offers the SNMP configuration including Community Table, Host Table, and Trap Setting 4.6.1 Community table You can type different community names and specify whether the community has the privilege to do set ...

37 GigaX2024B L2 Managed Switch User Manual 4.6.2 Host table This page links host IP address to the community name that is entered in Community Table page. Type an IP address and select the community name from the drop-down list. Click OK to save the configuration permanently or Reload to refresh th...

42 GigaX2024B L2 Managed Switch User Manual The Filter Rule page provides options for rule modes, one is MAC rule and the other is IP rule. If you did not enter the MAC address in the blank box, it means the rule donʼt care the MAC value. In IP rule setup, you can enter any of the 5 types: source IP...

51 GigaX2024B L2 Managed Switch User Manual 4.9 Traffic chart The Statistics Chart pages provide network flow in different charts. You can specify the period time to refresh the chart. You can monitor the network traffic amount in different graphic chart by these pages. Most MIB-II counters are displa...

52 GigaX2024B L2 Managed Switch User Manual 4.9.2 Error group chart Selecting the Port and display Color, then clicking the Draw, the statistics window shows you all the discards or error counts for the specified port. The data is updated periodically. Figure 54. Error group chart 4.9.3 Historical st...

53 GigaX2024B L2 Managed Switch User Manual 4.10 Cable diagnosis To analysis the cabling plant for the common cable problems, such as open circuits, short circuits and impedance mismatches. Figure 56. Cable diagnosis 4.11 Save configuration To save configuration permanently, you have to click Save . ...

54 GigaX2024B L2 Managed Switch User Manual 5 Console interface This chapter describes how to use console interface to configure the switch. The switch provides RS232 and USB connectors to connect your PC. Use a terminal emulator on your PC such as HyperTerminal and command line interpreter to configu...

56 GigaX2024B L2 Managed Switch User Manual Note 5.2 Login and logout To enter the CLI mode, you have to give a valid user name and password. As the first time login, you can enter “ admin ” as the user name (without password). For security reason, please change the user name and password after login...

57 GigaX2024B L2 Managed Switch User Manual CLI Syntax: copy startup-config tftp: URLExample: ASUS# copy startup-config tftp: 192.168.8.56/gx2024b.cfg 5.3.2.2 Restore start-up configuration file Restore the start-up configuration file “ startup_config” of the switch from TFTP server. CLI Syntax: copy tftp:...

59 GigaX2024B L2 Managed Switch User Manual 5.3.3.10 System Location Displays the physical location of the switch. This is an RFC-1213 defined MIB object in System Group, and provides the location information on the managed node. CLI Syntax: snmp-server location DWORD Example: (config)# snmp-server lo...

75 GigaX2024B L2 Managed Switch User Manual 5.3.23.3 switchport port-security This command used to set the port security configuration, and MAC addresses. CLI Syntax: switchport port-security [mac-address MACADDR] | [maximum VALUE] | [violation {protect | restrict | shutdown}] | [reup]Example: (config...

76 GigaX2024B L2 Managed Switch User Manual Note 6 IP Addresses, network masks, and subnets 6.1 IP addresses This section pertains only to IP addresses for IPv4 (version 4 of the Internet Protocol). IPv6 addresses are not covered. This section assumes basic knowledge of binary numbers, bits, and byt...

79 GigaX2024B L2 Managed Switch User Manual 7 Troubleshooting This section gives instructions for using several IP utilities to diagnose problems. A list of possible problems with suggestion actions is also provided.All the known bugs are listed in the release note. Read the release note before you ...

80 GigaX2024B L2 Managed Switch User Manual If the target computer cannot be located, you will receive the message “Request timed out.”Using the ping command, you can test whether the path to the switch is working (using the pre-configured default LAN IP address 192.168.1.1) or another address you a...

81 GigaX2024B L2 Managed Switch User Manual Warning There may be several addresses associated with an Internet name. This is common for web sites that receive heavy traffic; they use multiple, redundant servers to carry the same information.To exit from the nslookup utility, type exit and press <E...

82 GigaX2024B L2 Managed Switch User Manual Figure 65. Detaching the fan from the module 5. Fasten the new fan with the screws that you removed earlier. Make sure that the fan cable is near the bottom of the module. Follow the same steps to replace the other fan.6. Connect the fan cables to the PCB....

85 GigaX2024B L2 Managed Switch User Manual 8 Glossary 10BASE-T A designation for the type of wiring used by Ethernet networks with a data rate of 10 Mbps. Also known as Category 3 (CAT 3) wiring. See also data rate, Ethernet. 100BASE-T A designation for the type of wiring used by Ethernet networks ...